The lakes in Italy, a beautiful restaurant and we end up in the car park.

Italy, Sud Tirol July 2017 So just reminding you how we ended off the previous post..I made a small mistake which lead us to the wrong country. Anyway lets not dwell on that...so its quite late and we need to get to the camp. We chose one next to a lake in Northern Italy. As…

The Graz is greener…

Graz, Austria July 2017   Wednesday 19th July: We had chosen a spot in the middle of Graz. Apparently you can park overnight with some services and just walk into the city. We had an address and Tom Tom was taking us there. It was not meant to be easy for us that day. First…

Grüß Gott…and into Austria we go…

Wolfgangsee, Austria 15th July   Think Knysna, Plett  with large  lakes and Sound of Music scenery. Achingly, almost kitsch, in its beauty. Rose: we made our way to Abersee. It's a little town on the opposite side of the Wolfgangsee from St Wolfgang. A lovely warm lady running a very busy campsite. Right at the…

Clock Towers, Beer, Tunnels and Dank Je Wel…..

Pilsen, Czech Republic 13 July Thursday 13th. Just over an hours drive and we are parking very close to the old centre of Pilsen. Best known as the place where Pilsner style beer was first brewed by Bavarian brewmaster Josef Groll ( didn't know your family were beer drinkers, Gillian). It is the 4th largest…

Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink…

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 10th July   Monday. Good plan,  check out and drive to preplanned parking spot in town. Even cleverer check out the parking spot on google to see that it has no roof. Every day is a new learning experience with the campervan. Parking in a town with narrow streets and small…

Spa towns in Germany and some house rules…

Treuchtlingen, Bavaria Wednesday 5th July Chris: We are in this most magnificent spa village of Treuchtlingen. Quite small but has everything including 5 bakeries. Ordered our croissants and schoko croissant from reception last night, all ready fresh and warm at 6:30 this morning. Went to a LARGE supermarket, (rose : we went to 3 supermarkets)…